Year AB Hits HR Avg Team 1985 Smythe Sox 1986 155 .698 Shubin's 1987 100 .713 Marlton Trucking 1988 155 129 88 .832 Smythe Sox 42 37 23 .881 Marlton Trucking 29 20 15 .690 Howard's/Western Steer 19 9 4 .474 Lighthouse 27 12 6 .444 Broken Drum 272 207 136 .761 TOTAL 1989 415 285 151 .687 Superior-Apollo 1990 309 237 123 .767 Superior-Apollo 1991 356 259 112 .728 Ritch's-Superior 1992 368 285 157 .775 Ritch's-Superior 1993 364 262 122 .720 Williams/Worth 1994 308 226 108 .734 Williams/Worth 1995 196 122 68 .622 RSH/Deep South/Worth 1996 51 36 13 .706 Jackson Sports Totals 2284 1659 1224 .727
Softball History USA
Ron Ford
Year HRs Avg. Team 1974 142 .625 Manatee County Stars 1975 147 .650 Copher Brothers 1976 160 .707 Warren Motors 1977 85 .607 Detroit Caesars (PRO) 1978 80 .645 Detroit Caesars (PRO) 1979 43 .617 Detroit Caesars (PRO) 1980 160 .697 Jerry's Caterers 1981 200 .600 York Barbell/Ken Sanders 1982 105 .688 Elite Coatings 1983 Elite Coatings 1984 Elite Coatings 1985 85 .631 Elite Coatings 1986 Vernons 1987 Vernons 1988 Vernons & Maroadi's 1989 Vernons 1990 Vernons 1991 Vernons 1992 58 .636 Vernons
Gene Fisher
Year ABs Runs Hits HRs Avg. Team 1963 40 Howard's Furniture 1964 45 Howard's Furniture 1965 60 Howard's Furniture 1966 50 Howard's Furniture 1967 62 Howard's Furniture 1968 75? Howard's Furniture 1969 80? Howard's Furniture 1970 325 168 68 .517 Howard's Furniture 1971 469 213 243 98 .555 Howard's Furniture 1972 369 213 234 110 .634 Howard's Furniture 1973 359 175 208 88 .579 Howard's Furniture 1974 516 244 285 132 .552 Howard's Furniture 1975 532 236 288 126 .541 Howard's Furniture 1976 431 218 245 106 .568 Howard's Furniture 1977 554 294 302 168 .543 Howard's Furniture 1978 492 292 144 .593 Howard's Furniture 1979 333 166 77 .498 Howard's Furniture 1980 322 175 96 .543 Howard's/Western Steer 1981 368 205 89 .558 Howard's/Western Steer 1982 241 147 70 .610 Howard's/Western Steer 1983 247 135 67 .547 Howard's/Western Steer Total* 5537 3092 1439 .558 INCOMPLETE (missing 1963-1969) Estimated to have over 3000 HR
* from 1970-83
Stan Harvey
Year ABs Hits HRs Avg. Team 1964 Eclipse Lookout Boiler Shop 1965 Eclipse Lookout Boiler Shop 1966 VFW Rebels 1967 60 .550 Kobax 1968 145 .615 Kobax 1969 120 .610 Kobax 1970 113 .625 Kobax (Golden Gallons Nationals) 1971 183 .645 Kobax 1972 150 .640 Card's Carpets 1973 484 307 165 .634 Howard's Furniture 1974 563 342 219 .650 Howard's Furniture -2.57 1975 580 340 203 .650 Howard's Furniture 1976 523 335 198 .641 Howard's Furniture & (Little Caesars; 3-11, 1 HR in USSSA Worlds) 1977 645 433 290 .672 Howard's Furniture (476 RBIs, 441 Runs) 130 games -2.22 1978 501 334 208 .667 Howard's Furniture 1979 528 332 167 .629 Howard's Furniture 1980 598 431 282 .721 Howard's/Western Steer -2.12 1981 683 458 250 .671 Howard's/Western Steer -2.73 1982 745 497 245 .667 Howard's/Western Steer -3.04 1983 645 390 127 .645 Howard's/Western Steer 1984 549 340 152 .619 Howard's/Western Steer 1985 910 628 320 .690 Howard's/Western Steer 1986 290 190 105 .655 Howard's/Western Steer (just played locally) 1987 85 Howard's/Western Steer (just played locally) Total 8195 5418 3148 .661 INCOMPLETE
Missing some years, Estimated to have over 4000 HR.
Don Arndt
Year ABs Runs Hits HRs Avg. Team 1961 60 .500 Howard's Furniture (played locally SP and FP) 1962 90 .570 Howard's Furniture (played locally SP and FP 1963 105 .605 Howard's Furniture (played locally) 1964 100 .706 Howard's Furniture (played locally) 1965 95 .705 Howard's Furniture (played locally) 1966 90 .626 Howard's Furniture (played locally) 1967 119 .665 Howard's Furniture (played locally) -(72-13 85 gms) 1968 132 .650 Howard's Furniture (played locally) 1969 138 .685 Howard's Furniture (103 gms) 1970 342 236 122 .690 Howard's Furniture 2.80 (91 gms) 1971 399 239 255 142 .639 Howard's Furniture 2.81 1972 359 227 238 150 .663 Howard's Furniture 2.87 1973 542 306 338 193 .624 Howard's Furniture 2.81 1974 593 346 367 203 .619 Howard's Furniture 2.92 1975 540 304 335 165 .620 Howard's Furniture 3.27 1976 484 276 306 158 .632 Howard's Furniture 3.06 1977 677 437 440 279 .653 Howard's Furniture 2.43 (491 RBIs) 1978 541 324 189 .599 Howard's Furniture 2.86 1979 591 346 200 .585 Howard's Furniture 2.76 (503 RBIs) 1980 627 399 244 .636 Howard's/Western Steer 2.57 1981 756 451 244 .597 Howard's/Western Steer 3.01 1982 752 466 253 .620 Howard's/Western Steer 2.97 1983 605 384 146 .635 Howard's/Western Steer 4.14 1984 550 327 162 .595 Howard's/Western Steer 3.39 1985 858 549 309 .640 Howard's/Western Steer 2.78 1986 316 199 107 .630 Howard's/Western Steer 2.84 (just played locally) (10 HRs in one game) 1987 173 125 40 .723 Howard's/Western Steer 4.33 (just played locally) 1988 136 98 33 .721 Howard's/Western Steer 4.12 (just played locally) Total 9821 6166 3330 .627
Composite stats for Howard’s (1970-1988) – (6166-9821, .627 Avg., 3330 HRs) – also played in local leagues before 1961 – his All Time HR total is approx 5000. Arndt was also a 19x All State Selection in North Carolina. He was State MVP in 1963, 1968 and 1969 Arndt was also a 12x All Region Selection. He was Regional MVP in 1976
Charles Wright
Year ABs Hits HRs Avg. Team 1973 Valley Merchants (9-17, .529, 3 HR, 8 RBI at ASA Nationals) 1974 Valley Merchants 1975 Ken Sanders' Ford 1976 89 .599 Tom's Foods 1977 223 .688 Ken Sanders' Ford 1978 164 .657 Ken Sanders' Ford 1979 160 .638 Ken Sanders' Ford 1980 131 Ken Sanders and Jerry's Caterers 1981 23 .537 Nationwide Advertising (NSPC Regular Season) (93 HR Total) 1982 136 .675 York Barbell/Ken Sanders' Ford 1983 207 .690 Elite Coatings 1984 116 .656 Elite Coatings 1985 145 .662 Elite Coatings 1986 1114 803 503 .721 Steele's Sports (220 gms) 1987 405 303 169 .748 Steele's Sports (played only 76 games of the 355 games Steele's played)) 1988 108 70 43 .648 Marlton Trucking (folded) & Steele's 1989 354 262 141 .740 Ritch's Salvage 1990 263 173 94 .658 Ritch's-Kirks 1991 404 288 130 .713 Ritch's-Superior 1992 395 290 182 .734 Ritch's-Superior 1993 326 240 157 .736 Ritch's-Superior 1994 366 251 141 .686 Ritch's-Superior 1995 332 237 129 .714 Ritch's-Superior 1996 399 297 125 .744 Sunbelt/Easton 1997 215 152 62 .707 Sunbelt/Easton 1998 1999 Total 4194 3002 3262 .716
Carl Rose
Carl Rose is another legend, before all is said and done, this guy will be one of the best ever. Rose has 20 All-World selections and 2 national MVP honors (USSSA and ISA, both in 1998). The player of the decade for the 1990’s has also put together some amazing stats:
Year ABs Hits HRs Avg. OB% Ratio Team BB PA OB 1988 80 Lighthouse 1989 403 288 181 .715 - 2.227 Lighthouse 1990 408 290 187 * .711 - 2.180 Lighthouse/Worth 408 290 1991 506 380 240 * .751 - 2.108 Sunbelt/Worth 506 380 1992 415 309 169 .745 - 2.456 Williams/Worth 415 309 1993 435 308 195 .708 - 2.230 Williams/Worth 435 308 1994 278 200 132 .719 - 2.106 Williams/Worth 278 200 1995 408 281 171 .689 - 2.386 Williams/Worth 408 281 1996 440 296 183 .672 .697 2.404 Lighthouse/Worth 35 475 331 1997 471 352 221 .747 .758 2.131 Lighthouse/Worth 23 494 373 1998 382 278 180 .718 .728 2.122 Lighthouse/Worth 14 396 292 1999 415 278 159 .660 .690 2.610 Dan Smith/Worth 27 442 305 2000 400 281 173 .703 .726 2.312 Dan Smith/Worth 35 435 316 2001 287 177 90 .617 .641 3.189 Dan Smith/Easton 19 306 196 2002 134 76 55 .567 .633 2.873 Hague/Resmondo/Worth 24 158 100 2003 - retired 2416 .714 2.393 5559 3969
Dirk Androff
Dirk Androff is one player who had the same kind of stats and commanded the same kind of respect as these other greats. There is no telling how his numbers could have stacked up to these giants of the game, but his untimely death in 1997 did nothing but increase his already growing legend status. Androff was named to 23 All-World teams, winning national MVP honors 3 times (91-USSSA, 92-ASA and 95-NSA). He has been inducted to the ISA, NSA and USSSA Halls of Fame. Take a look at what he did in his short career:
Year ABs Hits HRs Avg. OB% Ratio Team 1986 Budweiser 1987 St. Louis Merchants 1988 339 232 108 .705 - 3.139 Steele's Sports 1989 1178 831 413 .705 - 2.852 Steele's Sports 1990 1007 716 390 .729 - 2.562 Steele's Sports 1990 371 266 155 .717 - 2.394 Steele's Sports 1991 344 257 124 .747 - 2.774 Ritch's-Superior 1992 377 285 150 .756 - 2.513 Ritch's-Superior 1993 427 320 175 .749 - 2.440 Ritch's-Superior 1994 400 293 166 .733 - 2.409 Ritch's-Superior 1995 425 331 154 .779 - 2.756 Ritch's-Superior 1996 378 284 134 .751 .761 2.820 Ritch's-Superior 1997 425 314 164 .739 .764 2.591 Ritch's-Superior 1998 - passed away in November of 1997 Totals 5300 1864 1844 .730
Rick Scherr
Rick Scherr was named the player of the decade for the 1980’s. And if you look at these stats he compiled for that decade, you’ll see why. He is a USSSA, ASA, and an ISA Hall of Fame inductee: Scherr was a 10-time ASA All-American, 8-time USSSA All-World Team selection and also won the ISA MVP in 1985. He was selected to the NSPC all tournament team from 1979 through and including 1983. He has won a total of 5 National MVP awards (ASA 1981, 1982, and 1984), USSSA in 1981 and the aforementioned ISA award in 1985.
Year Gms AB R H HR RBI Avg. Ratio Team 1971 - - - - 67 - .625 - Tom's Mobile 1972 100 - - - 135 - .650 - Goetz Mobile and Copper Hearth 1973 180 - - - 225 - .652 - Copper Hearth and Slinger Foundry 1974 150 - - - 208 - .678 - Copper Hearth and Slinger Foundry 1975 120 - - - 181 - .643 - Taylor Brothers and Copper Hearth 1976 150 - - - 175 - .680 - Taylor Brothers 1977 128 628 425 459 245 390 .731 2.56 Howard's Furniture 1978 137 570 356 378 165 356 .663 3.45 Howard's Furniture 1979 143 577 - 323 150 295 .560 3.85 Howard's Furniture 1980 155 697 465 488 248 502 .700 2.81 Howard's Furniture 1981 157 704 493 509 295 583 .723 2.39 Howard's/Western Steer 1982 167 809 562 573 356 782 .708 2.27 Howard's/Western Steer 1983 140 672 486 502 314 615 .747 2.14 Howard's/Western Steer 1984 146 630 406 419 257 548 .665 2.45 Howard's/Western Steer 1985 193 985 713 749 451 919 .760 2.18 Howard's/Western Steer 1986 146 724 462 467 295 628 .645 2.45 Howard's/Western Steer 1987 134 603 - 421 293 523 .698 2.06 Howard's/Western Steer 1988 117 582 - 438 282 541 .753 2.06 Howard's/Western Steer 1989 96 456 - 306 194 380 .671 2.35 Superior-Apollo 1990 - 207 - 127 68 - .614 3.04 Superior-Apollo 1991 - 234 - 144 49 - .615 4.78 Ritch's-Superior 1992 - - - - - - - - AJD/Wilson (USSSA World Series) 9078 4368 6303 4643 7062 .694 2.90 INCOMPLETE
NOTE – It is said that Rick Scherr hit a total of 4238 HR and batted .722 in his career.
Craig Elliott
Craig Elliott is considered the greatest player in slow pitch softball history by a lot of people and they wouldn’t be far off by feeling that way. At the end of his career when all was said and done; Craig Elliott made the ASA all-american team from 1977-1987 (11 straight times), he made the USSSA all-world team 6 times between 1981 and 1988, the NSPC all-tournament team 4 times from 1979 through 1983. He was a member of the ISA and NSA national all-tournament team as well. He has also been named the MVP of the Smoky Mountain Classic on three occasions (playing for 3 different teams, 1980 for Jerry’s, 1982 for York-Sanders and 1983 for Elite). In the 1982 classic, Elliott was only 31-39, .795 average with 26 home runs and 48 RBIs. By the way, he did all that in only 6 games. That was the beauty of Craig Elliott, He compiled stats like this that just made people shake their head in amazement. He is a consensus all-time first team player in both the ASA and USSSA.
Year ABs Hits HRs Avg. Team 1973 35 Valley Merchants (7-16, .438, 5 HRs, 8 RBIs at ASA Nationals) 1974 117 Tom's Foods (75 games) 1975 125 .650 Ken Sander's Ford (80 games) 1976 131 .610 Tom's Foods (91 games) 1977 210 .675 Ken Sander's Ford 1978 197 .700 Ken Sander's Ford 1979 219 .718 Ken Sander's Ford 1980 190 .704 Jerry's Caterers 1981 226 .693 York Barbell/Ken Sander's 1982 193 .717 York Barbell/Ken Sander's 1983 753 576 390 .765 Elite Coatings (145 games) 1984 424 300 217 .708 Elite Coatings 1985 830 554 310 .667 Steele's Sports 1986 810 561 337 .693 Steele's Sports 1987 1559 1101 661 .706 Steele's Sports 1988 1801 1287 751 .715 Steele's Sports 1989 1087 694 382 .638 Steele's Sports 1990 397 272 132 .685 TOTAL 117 62 22 .533 Ritch's-Kirks 280 210 110 .750 Stewart's Lounge & Superior (70 games) 1991 DNP- retired 1992 DNP- retired 1993 DNP- retired 1994 DNP- retired 1995 231 153 76 .619 Steele's Hitmen (came out of retirement) 1996 23 14 7 .609 Converters Unlimited (played one tournament) 1997 DNP- retired 1998 DNP- retired 1999 26 16 10 .615 Kelly's Trucking (played one tournament) 2000 Craig's Hitmen/Nike (played a couple local tournaments) Totals 8289 5708 4913 .688
